Comments on: Apology to Jews http://www.bloggernacle.org/apology-to-jews/ Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:45:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ivan Wolfe http://www.bloggernacle.org/apology-to-jews/#comment-9971 Ivan Wolfe Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:34:08 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=402#comment-9971 I get a lot of this - I'll constantly have students say things like "we live in the worst economy ever, and it's all Bush's fault." And I'll ask them to clarify. Ever? Worse than the Great Depression? And they'll, unironically, state "yes. The worst ever." They just believe what the media tells them, and most reporters don't even understand what supply and demand are. And since the media's current meme is that the current ecomomy is in the tubes (despite low unemployment and constant job creation), most people aren't any wiser to just how well the economy is doing. But if you suffer from BDS - well, you have to believe the economy sucks - otherwise you might actually have to do some real thinking for once. I get a lot of this – I’ll constantly have students say things like “we live in the worst economy ever, and it’s all Bush’s fault.”

And I’ll ask them to clarify. Ever? Worse than the Great Depression? And they’ll, unironically, state “yes. The worst ever.”

They just believe what the media tells them, and most reporters don’t even understand what supply and demand are. And since the media’s current meme is that the current ecomomy is in the tubes (despite low unemployment and constant job creation), most people aren’t any wiser to just how well the economy is doing.

But if you suffer from BDS – well, you have to believe the economy sucks – otherwise you might actually have to do some real thinking for once.

]]> By: David http://www.bloggernacle.org/apology-to-jews/#comment-9960 David Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:27:08 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=402#comment-9960 Clark I want you to go take your greenback to Europe and see how much purchasing power we have. American savings rates are in the negative. They havent been like that since the Great Depression. High debt and a declining dollar doesnt bode for future prosperity. I guess it all depends on your tax bracket and what side of the tracks you live on. Clark I want you to go take your greenback to Europe and see how much purchasing power we have. American savings rates are in the negative. They havent been like that since the Great Depression. High debt and a declining dollar doesnt bode for future prosperity.

I guess it all depends on your tax bracket and what side of the tracks you live on.

]]> By: Clark Goble http://www.bloggernacle.org/apology-to-jews/#comment-9953 Clark Goble Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:09:29 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=402#comment-9953 BTW (#27) - Americans aren't poorer. Far from it. Debt I'll grant you although even that is more complex than it appears. BTW (#27) – Americans aren’t poorer. Far from it. Debt I’ll grant you although even that is more complex than it appears.

]]> By: Clark Goble http://www.bloggernacle.org/apology-to-jews/#comment-9952 Clark Goble Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:08:10 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=402#comment-9952 LOL. Good point. LOL. Good point.

]]> By: Steve EM http://www.bloggernacle.org/apology-to-jews/#comment-9947 Steve EM Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:13:45 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=402#comment-9947 Clark, Never agreed w/ me? Don't tell me your one of those Jones 9/11 conspiracy theorists? Clark,
Never agreed w/ me? Don’t tell me your one of those Jones 9/11 conspiracy theorists?

]]> By: David http://www.bloggernacle.org/apology-to-jews/#comment-9902 David Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:05:57 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=402#comment-9902 Moreover, Americans are poorer, wages are falling, our infrastructures are crumbling and we are massively in debt. George W. will go down as one of our worst Presidents who did much to enrich his own class and hurt the very voters who put him there as well as the ones who saw past his folksy, Im one of you facade. We have failed tomorrow's generation and somebody should pay for that. Moreover, Americans are poorer, wages are falling, our infrastructures are crumbling and we are massively in debt. George W. will go down as one of our worst Presidents who did much to enrich his own class and hurt the very voters who put him there as well as the ones who saw past his folksy, Im one of you facade.

We have failed tomorrow’s generation and somebody should pay for that.

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